As much as I love Incredibles 2 for what it is I’m kind of miffed they didn’t find some way to miraculously bring this jerk back from the dead and make him the villain
According to Wiki and the NSA Supers Database on the special edition DVD of the first movie, this is what it says about Gamma Jack: “Easily recognized by his wave-like hairstyle, he was a favorite of the ladies (his original name being Handsome Jack) and was prone to megalomaniacal impulses, believing Supers to be a ‘superior race.’He chose to save attractive women over and above other innocents and had a particular issue with ‘killing’ female supervillains he was attracted to, but always ended up doing so anyway. These impulses and traits caused the NSA great concern, putting him under close ‘A Level’ monitoring as a result.”
Like…damn. That’s a potential supervillain in the making right there. I know that according to the KRONOS database he was killed by one of the Omnidroid prototypes, but remember, Syndrome’s life signs probe failed to detect Bob simply because he hid behind Gazerbeam’s skeleton (seriously, what??), and the only reason Bob didn’t get away is because Helen later tripped the tracking device on his suit. Considering Syndrome’s tech was flawed enough to completely miss a living human being just because he was hiding, it’s not outside the realm of possibility to assume Gamma Jack could have also survived and just hid out until he figured out a way off the island.
So, I know this is just conjecture, but what if he had somehow survived and managed to make it back home? He would’ve had to change his identity of course to make sure Syndrome didn’t locate him again. But given his views on supers and his “megalomaniacal impulses”, both the supers ban and Syndrome’s attempt to completely eradicate them would’ve not only reinforced his beliefs but also have been the perfect catalysts for this guy to completely go off the deep end and start his own radical campaign against non-supers. “Oh, the regular people of the world don’t appreciate us and want us to either hide in the shadows or die? Well then, regular people should all die or be subjugated by supers” – a survival of the fittest kind of thing. It would’ve been really fascinating to see him re-invent himself and use his charm to work his way up in the world of politics in an attempt to surreptitiously put supers in positions of power so as to dominate the “inferior” part of the population, and then ultimately come into conflict with supers like the Incredibles and Frozone, whose primary goal is to use their powers to help others rather than subdue them, despite the fact that they were wronged by the very people they’re trying to help. Also a super who’s basically bordering on being a creepy ass serial killer but “we have to be subtle about it because Disney”? Sign me the hell up.
Idk, I think it’s a compelling story that could’ve been told, or still could be told if Brad ever decides to just suck it up and make a third film. Just throwing it out there *COUGH*
I used to hate using ‘love’ liberally. I felt it was a sacred word only to be used in very special occasions. Now that I’m older, I’ve come to the realization that love should be shared and felt and received with reckless abandon. Love these characters, love this food, love things in the moment, even if they may seem tiny and insignificant to others. I think it makes life a little more soft around the edges.
got a dumb ask the other day, (and again, the response to my sonic art has been mostly positive and vastly drowns out the hate, which is awesome and I super appreciate!) but it gave me an excuse to talk about something that’s been on my mind re: making gijinkas and black/poc characters in general.
